10-Year Old Wins Apple Pie Contest
A tip from Trustee Tom Jester to the young winner’s grandfather got ball rolling.
Little did Nick Shelton, 10, know when he came to stay with grandparents Lois and Mark Nagy of Deerfield for a short while he would become a local celebrity. Shelton learned about the Village’s fourth-annual Apple Pie contest as part of Saturday’s Harvest Fest at the Farmers’ Market from his grandfather and with some nudging from his grandmother decided to enter. Earlier: Gallery: Deerfield Enjoys Fun Filled Weekend By the time the judges were done Saturday morning, Shelton was declared the winner with Liz Reed second and Max Gerber third. “It’s really nice,” Shelton said of the victory. “I wanted to see if I could win. I did not know so many other people would enter.” Shelton’s parents are having some remodeling done at their Winnetka …
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Frank G. Karkazis
10:50 pm on Monday, September 24, 2012
Hey Steve, nice meeting you at the farmers market in Deerfield Saturday. Thanks, Frank more ›